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Heather Biedermann

South Central College, North Mankato
Head Librarian
North Mankato, MN
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Heather Biedermann fights for intellectual freedom every day as a librarian at South Central College in North Mankato. Heather has an MLIS from Dominican University and an MS in Educational Leadership from MSU, Mankato. She is currently working on her doctorate in education from Winona State University. Heather also loves open educational resources, technology tools, writing short stories, travel, and geek culture.
Wednesday, October 4
 

7:00am CDT

Registration 2nd Floor Breakfast Ballrooms A-D

7:50am CDT

Welcome to the Conference - featuring Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz Ballrooms A-DJulia Carlis

8:00am CDT

Expanding (Not Just Protecting) the Right to Read: Librarianship in the Age of Censorship Ballrooms A-DNick Higgins

8:50am CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom Concourse

9:20am CDT

Book Challenges and Intellectual Freedom in Multitype Libraries Meeting Room 13/14Alexandre Adrian • Andi Bodeau • Kim Edson • Heather Biedermann

10:35am CDT

ARLD Division Meeting Meeting Room 3Kat Nelsen

11:35am CDT

Lunch Ballrooms A-D

12:00pm CDT

2023 MLA Awards Presentation Ballrooms A-D

1:00pm CDT

BPL Featured Session: Books Unbanned: A Blueprint for Your Library Meeting Room 13/14Amy Mikel • Nick Higgins

2:15pm CDT

Author Panel (John Coy, Shannon Gibney, Molly Beth Griffin, Naomi Kritzer, Mindy Mejia, Sun Yung Shin) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess Now Banned at Your School Library: Our Journey through Challenges and Policy Meeting Room 6Linda Dierks • Erin Rathke What All Can You Do with Canva? Meeting Room 10Jen Legatt

3:05pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silent Auction, & Snacks Ballroom Concourse

3:35pm CDT

Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Creating a Banned Book Reading Group on Campus Meeting Room 5Cori Edgerton • Mary Muehlberg

4:45pm CDT

MLA Membership Meeting Meeting Room 13/14Julia Carlis
 
Thursday, October 5
 

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Ballrooms A-D

8:00am CDT

Banned Books Show-and-Tell Meeting Room 4Helen Burke • Heather Biedermann

8:50am CDT

Break: Exhibits open & Silent Auction Ballroom Concourse

9:20am CDT

Work Updates from the Minnesota Digital Library Meeting Room 12Molly Huber • Greta Bahnemann • Stephanie Hess

10:45am CDT

Drag Queen Storytime in small town USA Meeting Room 4Julie Clinefelter

11:45am CDT

Lunch Ballrooms A-D

12:10pm CDT

Best of Both Worlds: Building Community Online and Off Ballrooms A-DDionne Sims

1:20pm CDT

IFC: Intellectual Freedom Committee meeting Meeting Room 11Andi Bodeau • Heather Biedermann

2:20pm CDT

Author Panel (Allen Eskens, Nina Hamza, David Mura, Melody Tenhoff (Nova DuBois), Anne Ursu) Meeting Room 5Mary Berning • Christie Kess I don't have to agree, but I will protect your right to say it Meeting Room 4Annie Wrigg Walk It Out: Promoting Walking through Public Libraries Meeting Room 9Erin McHenry Wolf

3:10pm CDT

Break: Exhibits, Silient Auction, & Snack Ballroom Concourse

3:40pm CDT

Genre Deep Dive: Horror Meeting Room 4Jennifer Brannen • Katie Polley (she/her) • Paul Lai • Marz Heim MNLINK transition is just around the corner Meeting Room 2Nick Banitt • Gerri Moeller • Kyle Triska